SKF

I was sleeved 12/28/17. I had had a lapband for about 8 year, lost some weight but my experience had not been good. Constantly vomiting, food getting stuck. It caused problems with my esophagus dilating and had to later be removed. I was able to get the sleeve and so for I'm doing well. Have to stay on a clear liquid diet longer because of the band removal, a small hernia and the sleeve process, but everything has a price to pay. So for I am dow 15 lbs in 7 days and I feel fine. By the way I am 61 years old and a determine Woman following all the rules

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Hi SKF, hope youre surgery was complication free and your sneezing has subsided somewhat.. I didnt really have any abdominal suture issues and only minimal pain.. the only pain that I remember was the gas pain and that is only alleviated by walking. SO walk as much as you possibly can today..and you will feel tons better ! I promise. MY doctor made me (and the other 2 girls walk every hour. so many laps around the floor. We all wound up walking together. That was encouraging as well.. The nurses and techs had to notate how many rounds we did. It really helped. The nausea I experienced was temporary, so try to push through it if you see yourself suffering the same. Good Luck on your journey.

Glad to hear your update! You go girl. Nice to be with the grandkids I am sure.
Stay warm! It’s hot here .. been going to gym a bit. Walking it’s so nice out🌴.
Staples? I didn’t know you get staples removed???? Yikes? How did that feel?
Have a great day!

Thanks Mary! Sleeve it is.. have the same feedback Drs don’t want to put the Lapband back in. I have a low BMI and selfpay fighting the insurance working on my appeal. 🙏🏻If any one has any advice on that! Well trying to Get organized for next week surgery. Making lists.Not going to Arizona to be with my daughter and granddaughter this year...taking care of me. Glad you started this group. All scattered.. have my therapist today .. not sure December is a good time for our this surgerys....everyone seems to be doing pretty good ., To you and our group Happy Holidays and continued wishes for healing and strength. 🌲

Hi! Hollyb815
Thanks for sharing. Glad you are doing well.
i am feeling ok. Will head your advice walked 3 times today, sitting in a recliner.
Pain not to bad, morphine and Tylenol, zofram, I ended up having a large hernia repaired too. Lots of burping and struggling to get a sip down of Water every hour but doing it. It hurts and doesn’t seem to go down always and I need to get a burp up .
I am self pay so I hope the pay part of bill and hernia charge??
New day .. journey begins, Happy New Year. Thanks again
no sneezing here will see when I get home .. keeping the dogs out of my bubble recoup room haha! Hopefully

You will do great you're in my prayers. [emoji4]

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Thank you for the feedback! It helps to be prepared. Be back on Friday ??? For more support!

Hi, congratulations on your surgery. Feeling nervous is normal, I was scared out of my mind..lol...my husband went with me, but after I was in my room I sent him home. I do advice having a support person or persons. Don't go alone would be my advice. You will be groggy after surgery and you won't remember anything the doctor tells you. You'll be OK, good luck and we'll be here when you get back.

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Thanks Mary! Sleeve it is.. have the same feedback Drs don’t want to put the Lapband back in. I have a low BMI and selfpay fighting the insurance working on my appeal. 🙏🏻If any one has any advice on that! Well trying to Get organized for next week surgery. Making lists.Not going to Arizona to be with my daughter and granddaughter this year...taking care of me. Glad you started this group. All scattered.. have my therapist today .. not sure December is a good time for our this surgerys....everyone seems to be doing pretty good ., To you and our group Happy Holidays and continued wishes for healing and strength. 🌲

Congrats! Glad your doing well. You just made my decision up .. getting Husband to take the recliner out of storage and set it up. Continued wishes for speedy recovery.. keep posting your progress

Hi everyone! I had my vsg surgery on 12/18/17. I’m at home recovering. I had my pcp follow up today and it went well. I’m down 6 lbs since my surgery. The only issue I’m having is sleeping. I had my husband go out and buy a recliner for me to be able to sleep at night bc my bed and my couch were horrible! Plus I usually asleep on my stomach.


Tiffany

Hi Everyone, I have had my grandkids for 3 days this week. Winding down and been off of here.
I had my first post op appointment yesterday. Got the staples out!! Plus I've lost 17 lbs since surgery.
I was 14 down for 6 days and felt stalled but kept doing the liquid diet. Then on Monday I got an early Christmas gift of down 3 lbs overnight! This to me was significant. Why? Cause my bouncing board is always 250 and this put me at 248!! It is nice to break thru that barrier. I'm still battling being tired. I need to get to the gym too cause brrr, it's cold here.

I'd go for the sleeve. I hated having a foreign object in me. My doctor said the life of the lapband was 12 years but that most people have problems and the long term results aren't as good. Sleeve yes, it's permanent but there's a year long window of great weight loss.

I did sleep on the recliner for the first 3 nights. I was told lying flat could be very painful and I should take pain meds and use lots of pillows so I opted for the recliner instead. I was sleeved on 12/12, and have been sleeping in the bed for the past 5 nights or so (and on my side no less) without difficulties. I did not sleep during the day, I did a lot of binge watching on Netflix, lol. Good luck to you!

I know! I’m just trying to keep in mind that someone was cutting us up only 2 days ago, so this really isn’t that bad! Breathing through the spasms and stuck feeling really helped me vs the tensing up. And knowing it will only last a few seconds. Hang in there.

It’s CO2 gas pain, so not sure if gas meds help. I found a good combo of heating pad on my neck/shoulder and ice pack on my tummy helped a lot.

Make sure they give you the nausea patch AND the Zofran - I’ve not felt a moment of nausea which is a relief. They also ended up giving me something for esophogus spasms so if you end up in that spot there is something for you!

Just be really specific about any pain and not assume it’s part of the process because they might be able to help.

Good luck! You’ll do great.

I have a great team, surgeon, and dietician that work together and they have been awesome. I was given 2 folders with all the information I needed, it's my Bible, and I go to it daily. In my opinion, I knew this was a process, and it's major surgery and a life changing decision. We cannot expect for it to be a magic wand. It took years to put on the extra pounds, I know this will take work and this surgery is just a jump start. I will take it easy on my recovery, enjoy my quiet times, reflect and plan on my next step to go back to the gym. I wish you all a speedy recovery and best of luck with your future self, which will be a much smaller version, but a much more incredible version.

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Congrats on finally getting it done! Glad its all going well
did they give something for the nausea? That’s actually my biggest fear post op.
i figured if the gas bothers me i’ll just request to walk more till i feel better
Mine is tomorrow and im so nervous right now! I’m ready to see tomorrow around this time so it’ll be over with

Had lapband 6 yrs ago, then it slipped in October 2016 and was removed in January 2017. I gained a lot of weight back. The surgery to remove it was tough on me, scar tissue removed and two ulcer sores repaired. Just had the Sleeve this week Dec 5th. I lost 26 lbs before surgery. You will do good. Going through Lap band will help you know what to expect. This is a more traumatic due to cutting off the stomach but the sipping and post-op it will be like riding a bike! Keep me posted

Hi, I didn't set up a recliner, my Doctor advised me to take it easy, rest as much as possible, sleep will be your friend. No lifting, pulling, 5lbs or more for a few weeks. Your body is healing from major surgery and it's healing from the inside, so be good to yourself, and rest, rest, rest.

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Thanks for starting this group Mary. sorry you are going through these trying times .. so many emotions at such a time of the year to add to all you have been through. Keep the faith .. take care of you. Put yourself first you deserve it. You have come along way. Family really plays on our emotions and can be a set back .. in my opinion it’s so hard because of the moms .. people we are. I am letting my step children effect my journey. I’ve got to be humble yet take care of me. Kindness .my emotions are derailing me a bit but it’s worth resetting my mind and concentrate on the big picture. Rest up and reset you have got this. Seems to me Your a very special person. Good vibes and strength sending your way.
My date was changed again :/. Dec 28.. ugh. But I think with the holidays less stress. Take care of the family, Than it’s all about me!
Getting so much insight to prepare .. Thanks to the whole group.

Thanks for starting this group Mary. sorry you are going through these trying times .. so many emotions at such a time of the year to add to all you have been through. Keep the faith .. take care of you. Put yourself first you deserve it. You have come along way. Family really plays on our emotions and can be a set back .. in my opinion it’s so hard because of the moms .. people we are. I am letting my step children effect my journey. I’ve got to be humble yet take care of me. Kindness .my emotions are derailing me a bit but it’s worth resetting my mind and concentrate on the big picture. Rest up and reset you have got this. Seems to me Your a very special person. Good vibes and strength sending your way.
My date was changed again :/. Dec 28.. ugh. But I think with the holidays less stress. Take care of the family, Than it’s all about me!
Getting so much insight to prepare .. Thanks to the whole group.

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Hi ~ Welcome to the group. My Countdown for surgery on Tuesday at 8:30am!! I don't know about you but I've been so busy trying to get everything done for Christmas and some things in order. Tomorrow is my last "day" and so much to do.
Over the last week since my pre-op I've been a little anxious but now really excited! I had a lap band and now getting the sleeve. I have done the whole program with lap band and it's the same for sleeve. Let me know if you know to know anything. More than happen to help.

welcome to the forum i'm pretty new too and the board has been a great source of info for me..
I had a similar thought yesterday about why i did this around the holidays as it's not like I'm way ahead on shopping or anything and there's so much to do ...not even thinking about the food. My sister took me to get my nails done today and I was excited to hear the holiday music..and then realized that I usually have it on while I do a lot of my christmas cookie baking (which is obviously not happening this year)...tomorrow I'm going to put my music on and try to get myself into it a bit more..
I had mine on 12/7 and really hoping on the 20th he moves me off of fluids. I would love to have some Jello right now -- the popsicles are keeping me going. did you have a pre-op liquid plan?